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George Washington Educational Campus 2019

View of the Audubon Avenue facade of the George Washington Educational Campus, which houses multiple high schools and was the home of George Washington High School from the building’s opening in 1925 until its closing in 1999 when the building was reconstituted with smaller programs.

 

The Colonial Revival style building opened in February 1925 and was dedicated on Washington’s Birthday, February 23, 1925.

 

The design is credited to Board of Education architects C.B.J. Snyder and William H. Gompert.

 

It is located at 549 Audubon Avenue, at W. 192nd Street on the site of Fort George, a British fort during the American Revolution and the promontory is known as Fort George Hill.

 

It was profiled in the December 1925 issue of Architecture and Building magazine. See here for link:

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